'Hard Sun' has been axed.

Agyness Deyn

Agyness Deyn

Agyness Deyn's pre-apocalyptic crime thriller - which also starred Jim Sturgess - has been cancelled by the BBC after just one season, with a spokesperson calling it a "difficult decision".

The BBC told The Sun: "We sometimes have to make difficult decisions to make room for new shows. 'Hard Sun' won't be returning for a second series."

'Luther' creator Neil Cross was behind the show, which starred Agyness and Jim as two police officers in present-day London who discover that the world is set to end in five years.

Agyness and Jim, who played DI Elaine Renko and her corrupt but kindhearted partner DCI Charlie Hicks, previously admitted the roles were physically and emotionally demanding with Agyness claiming she had "an emotional breakdown" during the shoot.

She said: "It felt like the world was going to end, like our physical bodies were going to combust. I think we carried that intensity over into the drama. I definitely had an emotional breakdown in the middle. Tears and everything."

However, despite a hugely successful modelling career before she turned to acting, Agyness has insisted that acting is where her future lies.

Asked, which is the worst profession, acting or modelling, she replied: "For me, modelling. I love acting. This is the most exciting thing I've ever done, even with the nervous breakdowns and working all hours."

She has also said: "No chance [of returning to modelling]. Doing this [the show 'Hard Sun'] is so physical, and so exhausting, but it's so alive. I'm living the whole character, the whole skin of Renko. That's what's exciting."

Fans of the show will be upset that the six-part series is not returning for a second season, after it ended on a major cliffhanger.

And creator Cross had insisted that season five would finish with the end of the world.

He said: "One of the reasons we selected this particular 'Hard Sun' event is because I wanted to have a hard out for the show.

"There is, in this scenario, no deus ex machina. There isn't a miracle that can save us... unless the BBC wants six series!"

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